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What kind of instrument do you think BotW will use?

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Maffis

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Zelda games are really famous for their musical instruments that create magical effects. So far we have had a lot of different instruments: flutes, ocarina, drums, guitar, harp, horse grass, wolf howling and even a maestro wand.

What will they do next? There's quite a lot of choices if they want to cover every orchestra instrument. Like a double bass, or a trumpet I guess? What do you think?
 
H

Heroman

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C

Caelus

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The bird-creature Kass in the Game Awards footage had an accordian and was playing the game's main theme. It might be that.

It might be a flute, a woodwind instrument would go well with "breath" of the wild.

It might also have something to do with the runes and the Shiekah Slate.
 
M

Maffis

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Meffer said:
I don't think it'll be the case for BotW. The Sheikah Slate is the item of focus this time.
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I don't believe that. Every 3d Zelda game has a musical instrument. I think the sheikah slate is basically like a pokedex to help give you information about quests.

edit: so neogaf kinda bonkered out on me right now. sorry for the weird reply.
 
M

Maffis

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Meffer said:
I don't think it'll be the case for BotW. The Sheikah Slate is the item of focus this time.
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I don't believe that. Every 3d Zelda game has a musical instrument. I think the sheikah slate is basically like a pokedex to help give you information about quests and stuff. The music will definitely be there.

edit: oops double post
 
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III-V

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Good question, OP. I don't think we have seen any clues yet in trailers, or picked up on them at least.

The blue flower re-occurs at a high frequency.

Honestly, I can see them going back to a flute this time to take a guess. It is something that could be made in the wild, very simple to make a reed flute.
 
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KelpPlankton

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I think it'll be a return to the original game, like many other aspects of BotW, and we'll see a flute again. Might be some kind of special sheikah flute though.
 
E

Enduin

No bald cap? Lies!
I hope it's a recorder. Another call back to the original LoZ.

But really I suspect we won't see a musical item. I think the Shiekah Slate and its functions will be the main focus in interacting with the world and so something like that has no place.

While I doubt this is something that would happen, the Shiekah Slate being an analog for basically a tablet and digital device could be use to record and generate music itself. Like a magic iPod. They could have some cool mini games where you have to arrange fractured musical arrangements on it in the correct order or new orders to solve some puzzles.

Kind of like MM did with with Song of Time and Inverted Song of Time and stuff like that.
 
R

robotrock

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I have to admit, I said the theremin as a joke, but now I really want it. I'm going to be disappointed if it's not the case.
 
S

stan423321

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Random idea, but what if slate, being the tablet equivalent, has music programs. Even better if there are various incompatible music formats, and you have to repair them.
 
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Speely

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robotrock said:
I have to admit, I said the theremin as a joke, but now I really want it. I'm going to be disappointed if it's not the case.
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It would be a really cool thing to include. Additionally, it would be a great way to show off the tracking capabilities of the right joy con in a game that's likely to sell a shitload of copies.
 
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Graphics Horse

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Speely said:
It would be a really cool thing to include. Additionally, it would be a great way to show off the tracking capabilities of the right joy con in a game that's likely to sell a shitload of copies.
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Oh.. yeah I never even thought of that, but that wouldn't work on a pro controller right? Someone should make theremin hero for it though.
 
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